This is a totally legitimate question. I have known the answer for quite a while. But recently i had a deeper revelation of the answer. So i would like to share it with you.
What does it mean when God promises me something?
It means that i get what He has promised me. Easy right. God is a God of His word. If He promises you prosperity then its yours. If He says you will have long life, then long life it is.
The point is this, God will give you what He has promised you.
But this past week He has been showing me something i never really had a full revelation off.
There is more that meets the eye than just being given something by God.
There is a process you need to go through. It’s not actually a process, it’s a fight. You are going to have to fight if you want to recieve what God has promised you.
Let me give you an example of what i am talking about.
I have a company which i know is from God. But even as i know God spoke to me about it i still have to make it work. It’s not going to work by itself. I need to strategise and plan. I have to invest money and time and effort into it. God has made me responsible for what He has promised me. I would be a “wicked steward” if i just sat back and expected everything in my company to fall into place just because i thought it was ordained by God! It doesn’t work like that.
It’s the same with married people. There is work involved, hard work. I have heard of couples who have told amazing stories of how God brought them together supernaturally and are fighting divorce! The principle is the same for them as well. You have to fight to obtain and keep what God has promised you. Even if an angel had to come down today and tell you that you are chosen by God to do something, you would still need to get up and work at what you have been told. In other words you would still need to do your part.
What does it mean when God promises me something?
I hope you beginning to see the full answer of that question. He does not let us go through all that just to be mean or difficult. He allows us to go through that for our benefit. He does that so we can grow! He does that so we can trust in Him completely because even though He gives us what He has promised us we cannot obtain them in our power. It’s impossible to obtain the promises of God in our own strength. It cannot be done. Look at the Israelites.
God had a promise land for them. A land flowing with milk and honey. But before all that they had to get free from Eygyptians. In the natural Israel had no chance but God delivered them with a strong hand. In the desert God watched over them. A pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire at night to lead them. In there own strength it was impossible to guide themselves to the promise land.
Just know that God wants to lead you to what He has promised you. He has great plans for you and He wants you to look to Him for help and guidance. That is how good He is. He wil not leave us by ourselves.
So the Israelites get to the promise land and we see that they have to fight the residing nations. This is the land God promised them. But that didn’t mean they didn’t need to fight. They had to fight those surrounding nations for what God promised them. They still had to maintain their trust in God even though they got to the promise land. We are called to live by faith and without faith we cannot please God. Even when we get what God promised us we need to trust Him.
I hope you are getting a revelation of what it means to walk in God’s promises. My desire is for you to play your part in what God has promised you because there is a part you have to play as well. I also want you to see what it means when God promises you something. It’s important that you go through the trials and challenges because like i said, it makes you stronger. God is truly good. Really good.
And on that note that is what it means when God promises you something! !
Rolain.P
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